2:40 PM,
Dec. 7, 2012

Mourners embrace as the casket of Kasandra Perkins is loaded into a waiting hearse outside of Ridgeview Family Fellowship Church following a funeral service, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Blue Ridge, Texas. Perkins was shot and killed last Saturday by her boyfriend Jovan Belcher, a Kansas City Chiefs football player. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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As the horrific details of the murder-suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher came to light last week, ex-Green Bay Packer Harry Sydney took notice.

"It was a shame," said Sydney, who earned two Super Bowl rings as a running back with the San Francisco 49ers before a stint as a player and coach for the Packers in the 1990s.

Millions of people across the country were startled by Belcher's rampage on Dec. 1. He shot and killed his live-in girlfriend Kasandra Perkins - the mother of his 3-month-old daughter - before driving to Arrowhead Stadium and killing himself in front of ...